Update on this one.
Just got clarification that Anthony did not marry Margaret Bagley, that was another Anthony Smith. So I am still looking for any ifo re AEB Smith.
Having resolved the original Lucy mystery there is still one missing link in the chain. Lucy's 5th daughter (the first of the bigamous marriage) was also a Lucy- Lucy Sarah b 1881 in South Shields. She married Joseph Hindmarch in 1900 and they had one daughter Marguerite Ivy Bolam Hindmarch (1901). ...
Just back from four weeks with the family in Bega NSW. Had a whale of a time. https://i.imgur.com/mdAdChs.jpg?2 Not particularly good quality but it captures the moment. This is whale watching season along the south coast as the pods travel back from the warmer seas bringing the family back towards ...
A long time since this page was opened! Looking at my copy of Cinemas of South Tyneside (D Johnson 1992) I see that the Theatre Royal was used for films from about 1921, but its history as a theatre goes back much further. I recently came across a reference to its origins in about 1866 when the arch...
I came across this very tattered old programme from a friend of mine here in Radstock.(Somerset) His dad played in the Radstock Amateur Band and was on the organising committee for the two concerts in the Rectory Gardens at Radstock in August 1924. I guess that it was around this time that the Band ...
At long last a breakthrough. Lucy eventually had four children, all girls. One died in infancy. Lucy then left Anthony and was living with a Robert Sharp (Census 1881) in Jarrow. This appears not to have been his real name as she soon afterwards had another daughter by a Robert Bullen. They were eve...
I have a copy of the above (published 2000) and have found it extremely interesting. Does anyone know if any other books of a similar nature were published in this series. I understand that the publishers may now have gone out of business but if anyone can help in obtaining copies I would be gratefu...
Thanks for all the info re Nile Street and Smiths Foundry. My interest? Family history and trying to put together something for my sons and their children. My wife's great grandfather George Smith started the business in about 1875 with a Mr Henderson and it was known in the early days as Smith &...
Thanks once again. One last question. When I visited that area in 2002 I took some pictures of the buildings there showing Tyne Tubes Ltd. Would that have been the site? Looking on "Google earth" a few days ago it looked as if the whole site has been cleared but maybe I was not looking at ...
Thanks Mr Smith. Unfortunately the two links did not work but I got into the ST images site and found some pictures of Nile Street area. Interesting stuff in there.